See The World, They Said

Fish River Canyon, Namibia

Jeff and Courts -

Another early start, today we're off to Fish River Canyon. Bye - bye dunes, Hello multiple rock formations that dwarf Uluru. The scenery for today's drive is awesome. The drive itself, not so much. The stupidly bumpy ride actually breaks the table in the back of the truck (bit of a bummer, we've been using it to play cards on our long road trips) and makes snoozing difficult.

We make a stop off at a small town called Bethanie, really good pies (not the first place in Namibia where we've been surprised at how good their meat pie making skills are), feed the local dog hanging at the Cafe and we're on our way. An obligatory photo stop when we cross the Tropic of Capricorn along the way also.

We make it to our campsite, Canyon Roadhouse, around lunchtime. The restaurant/bar is like something out of the Wild West. Surprising and cool.

After lunch we head to the main attraction, Fish River Canyon. The Canyon is the second largest in the world, at 161km long, 27km wide and 550m deep. Tectonic activity is what formed the outer layer, and the erosion of the Fish River formed the inner Canyon.

We approach the Canyon where we can see two roads/paths, one some 5 metres from the edge! Thankfully, our driver takes the safer option. We get dropped at the furthest look out and make our way back along the edge of the Canyon, no safety railing of course. The Canyon is impressive, the walk precarious if you want it to be. We stay a good 50 metres back, in case of strong winds. We watch the sun set behind the Canyon, then head back to camp (where we spot some zebras in the dusk along the way, beautiful) have dinner and then bed.

Day 2

We wake up early the next morning, due to the ridiculously cold desert. We climb a nearby hill we were eyeing off the day before. It's only a baby one and takes no time at all, so we consider doing the trek around the hillside and back to camp. We quickly realise this will take more time than we have and head back for breakfast.

After breakfast we pack and hit the road, today we say goodbye to Namibia.